Yes, this is where I found them originally. I find the Manybooks site very good for browsing; the layout is better than that of Project Gutenberg for this. There's something about having covers to look at that makes it feel more like a bookshop or library. However, I do find that the quality can be a bit more variable here than at PG; from what they told me, it seems that MB doesn't hold the books itself - they're hosted on other sites, and some have obviously just been scanned in, converted, and posted complete with all the scanning errors, whereas the PG ones have been proofread and are usually in a better state.

FWIW, The Talleyrand Maxim makes it clear whodunnit from the start, and although I thought it was still a very good book, it might not be to the taste of anyone who likes to have a Christie-style puzzle element.

I found the entire 33 book collection at [pirate site deleted] for $16.50 or $0.50 each. They are pretty good editions with covers and only minor typos (ePub files converted with Calibre from HTML). I am beating them into submission with my own CSS as I read them.
--MH

To quote Sir Humphrey:
"If you must do this damn silly thing don't do it in this damn silly way."

Pirating ebooks is wrong. Paying people for pirated ebooks is wrong and foolish.

Yes, I know. Unfortunately, though, although it's fine for you to download it in Canada, Mr Chandler's works are not in the UK public domain, so it would be a breach of copyright for me to download it. That's why I'd prefer to buy a (legal) commercial eBook.

Possibly a stupid suggestion, but have you considered going the regular library route?

At least for the first one They are IMO good books, but not something that requires several days to read. Easy reading and around 200 page length for paperback if I recall correctly.(and available as ebook in my library)

I also enjoyed Robert B. Parker book Perchance to Dream which was an uncompleted Chandler book finished by Parker, I believe.

Helen

Sorry it was Poodle Springs I was talking about, Perchance to dream I have not read (yet)

Yes, I know. Unfortunately, though, although it's fine for you to download it in Canada, Mr Chandler's works are not in the UK public domain, so it would be a breach of copyright for me to download it. That's why I'd prefer to buy a (legal) commercial eBook.

Thank you for the suggestion, though, anyway .

Some of them are available through Amazon (at least here in the U.S.).